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Abstract

Background: Preterm delivery is acknowledged in the literature as a distressing and traumaticoccurrence for parents and their newborn child due to potential difficulties throughout pregnancy.Objective: To assess whether there are differences in the perception of SS measured MOS scale betweenwomen who have preterm birth and those who they have full-term labor.Patients and methods: Study of case controls conducted in 3 hospital (1 public hospital+2 privatehospital) in Baghdad city at the period between the first of January 2022 to the 31 of Dec 2022.Results: The maternal-fetal health variables that had association with obesity at childbirth (OR 0.4, 95%CI 0.17-0.60, and P<0.001), insufficient prenatal control (OR CI 2.76-8.80), maternal pathology of thepregnancy (OR 3.98, 95% CI 2.31-7.30, and P<0.001) and pathology fetal (OR 7.39; 95% CI 3.32-16.79,and P<0.001). The psychological variables showed no association. The dimension positive socialinteraction insufficient maintained association with prematurity (OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.18-3.63, andP=0.04( Among the association between prematurity and social support (SS) was higher in maternalfetal health (OR=1.76, 0.97-3,12, and P=0.6).Conclusion: There was no statistically significant variation in the average MOS score. The dimension ofthe MOS survey that was linked to prematurity is positive social contact. Validation of the MOS scale foruse during pregnancy is necessary, or alternatively, a new measurement scale specifically designed forthis purpose should be developed.